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Quick links to Jason's fiction:

  • Science fiction and fantasy
  • Podcasts
  • Jeremiah (short novel)
  • Other fiction

"Interzone is really spoiling me when it publishes Jason Sanford so regularly. As far as I'm concerned, they couldn't publish too much of this author if they named it Jason Sanford's Science Fiction Magazine." — Sam Tomaino at SFRevu
 

Science fiction and fantasy

"The Never Never Wizard of Apalachicola"
Short story forthcoming in Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show.

"Millisent Ka Plays in Realtime"
Short story forthcoming in Interzone

"Plague Birds"
Novelette in issue 228 (May/June 2010) of Interzone

  • "Breath-taking in its audacity ... a story to remind jaded reviewers why they fell in love with SF in the first place." Suite 101
  • "Hugo-worthy." SFRevu
  • "A great example of how Sanford expertly blends world building and storytelling." Five Stars. SF Signal
  • "Ingenious fiction." Tangent Online
  • "Intriguing and a worthwhile base story for what seems like a planned series." Rich Horton, Locus, Aug. 2010

"A Twenty-First Century Fairy Love Story"
Novelette in Tales of the Unanticipated, issue 30, spring 2010 

  • "Highly recommend." Fantastic Reviews Blog

"Cwazy"
Short story in OCHO #28, the print companion to the literary and arts magazine MiPOesias. This special issue is edited by Kirk Curnutt. Fall 2009.

"Into the Depths of Illuminated Seas"
Novelette in Interzone, issue 226 (Jan./Feb. 2010)
An earlier version of the story was published in issue 2 of Tales of Moreauvia

  • Reprint forthcoming in StarShipSofa Stories, Volume 2.
  • "Will make my Hugo short list when I nominate in 2011." SFRevu
  • "The original premise and good writing recommend the story." Tangent Online

"Here We Are, Falling Through Shadows"
Short story in issue 225 (Nov./Dec. 2009) of Interzone

  • Longlisted for the 2010 British Fantasy Award.
  • Reprinted in Apex Magazine, July 2010.
  • Honorable mention in The Year's Best Science Fiction Stories, 27th Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois.
  • Reprints forthcoming in the Czech SF magazine Ikarie
    and the French book anthology Ténèbres.
  • "A dark, tragic tale that somehow ends with a measure of hope." Suite 101
  • "Will make my Hugo shortlist." SFReview
  • "A chilling story of the unknown." SF Crowsnest
  • Four stars. "Marvelously engaging story." SF Signal
  • A "haunting story that stayed with me long after the first reading." Tangent

"Sublimation Angels" (PDF download)
Novella in issue 224 (Sept./Oct. 2009) of Interzone

  • Finalist for the 2009 Nebula Award for Best Novella.
  • Winner of the 2009 Interzone Readers' Poll.
  • Longlisted for the British Fantasy Award.
  • A Tangent Online 2009 recommended story
  • Reprinted in the Czech SF magazine Ikarie.
  • Honorable mention in The Year's Best Science Fiction Stories, 27th Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois.
  • Five stars. "A captivating story about freedom, rebellion, and seeking the truth." SF Signal
  • "One of the best novellas of the year, written by a writer whose reputation grows with each story." Suite101
  • "Sanford shows again just what a talent he is." SF Revu
  • "Superb ... a satisfying and wonderfully rounded story." SF Crowsnest
  • "SF of the purest quality." Tangent

"When Thorns Are The Tips Of Trees" (PDF download)
Interzone, issue 219, Dec. 2008

  • Winner of the 2008 Interzone Readers Poll.
  • Reprinted in Apex Magazine, May 2009.
  • Podcast on StarShipSofa, May 2009.
  • Reprinted in the Czech SF magazine Ikarie and the Russian magazine ESLI (IF).
  • Nominated for the 2008 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction.
  • Honorable mention in The Year's Best Science Fiction Stories, 26th Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois.
  • Review in Locus by Rich Horton ("Recommended")
  • Review in SFRevu ("Hugo-worthy")
  • Review in Suite 101 ("One of the year's best.")
  • Selected as one of the top ten stories of 2008 by Neil Beynon.

"The Ships Like Clouds, Risen By Their Rain" (PDF download)
Interzone, issue 217, Aug. 2008 

  • Reprinted in Year's Best SF 14, edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer.
  • Reprinted in the Czech SF magazine Ikarie and Russian magazine ESLI (IF).
  • Nominated for the 2008 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction.
  • Longlisted for the 2009 British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction.
  • Honorable mention in The Year's Best Science Fiction Stories, 26th Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois.
  • Review in Suite 101 ("One of the best stories of the year.")
  • Review in The Internet Review of Science Fiction ("A very strange and wonderful creation. Recommended.")
  • Review in Best SF ("As inventive a piece of world-building as you generally see in short SF.")
  • Review in SF Crowsnest ("A very enjoyable yarn.")
  • Review in SFRevu (A "poignant tale of hope.")

"Where Away You Fall" (PDF download)
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Dec. 2008

  • Honorable mention in The Year's Best Science Fiction Stories, 26th Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois.
  • Selected by Richard Horton as one of four impressive Analog short stories for 2008.

"Book Scouts of the Galactic Rim"
Menda City Review, Dec. 2007

  • Podcast in Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine
  • Review in BestScienceFictionStories.com ("If you are a fan of printed science fiction you are bound to love this story!")

"Freelanga"
Anthology I Am This Meat, 2007

  • Re-released as a narrated podcast through Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine.

"Rumspringa"
Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show, Issue 5, July 2007

  • Selected as an honorable mention in The Year's Best Science Fiction Stories, 25th Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois.

"For Aging Kids Who Dream of Star Treks"
Tales of the Unanticipated, April 2002


Podcasts

  • Book Scouts of the Galactic Rim from Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine
  • Freelanga from Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine
  • Maps of the Bible from Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine
  • The Ships Like Clouds, Risen by Their Rain from StarShipSofa
  • When Thorns Are the Tips of Trees from StarShipSofa

 

Jeremiah (a short novel in four parts):

Prologue: "Maps of the Bible"

  • Monsters and Critics, spring 2008
  • Part 1: "Cold Pelts"
    Beloit Fiction Journal, spring 2000; reprinted in Monsters and Critics summer 2007
  • Part 2: "One Side, Two Weeks, One Bathroom"
    Monsters and Critics summer 2007
  • Part 3: "Water Hearts"
    Monsters and Critics summer 2007


Other fiction
  • "Whack a Cracker Upside the Head"
    Fiction Warehouse (winner of the 2005 Fiction Warehouse Hypnologic Experiment writing contest)
  • "Enucleation Means to Remove an Eye"
    Southern Gothic Online (nominated for the Pushcart Prize)
  • "One More Expert Speaks to Jury"
    Diagram 4.6
  • "Blue Doily Dreams"
    Fiction Warehouse (feature story of the week for Aug. 25 to Sept. 1, 2004)
  • "God's Words to Bucky Guisman, Airport Angel"
    Pindeldyboz, summer 2002; reprinted in 3 A.M. Magazine January 2003
  • "Links"
    The Mississippi Review, winter 2000
  • "Rumpelstiltskin, Private Eye"
    Newfangled Fairy Tales, Book #2
  • "Rumpelstiltskin, Private Eye" Classroom Theater
  • "Mai's Magic"
    Girls to the Rescue, Book #4
 

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Ikarie June 2010


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